Iowa City to hold public meeting about First Avenue road work

11:26 AM,
Jun. 17, 2013

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Iowa City Press-Citizen

The City of Iowa City will host an information meeting Wednesday to detail its First Avenue grade separation project from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at South East Junior High, 2501 Bradford Drive. The meeting will have an open house format. Project engineer Brian Boelk of HBK Engineering will give a short presentation about the project at 6 p.m. to help locals understand how the project will affect their neighbhorhood.

An estimated 20,400 vehicles use the First Avenue route on a daily basis, according to a city news release. The number is expected to climb to 28,000 within 10 years, the release said.